Spain Signs Deals With Brazil as Sánchez Builds Anti-Trump Bloc
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez after a joint press conference at the Palacio de Pedralbes in Barcelona on April 17.
Photographer: Oscar Del Pozo/AFP/Getty ImagesSpain and Brazil signed a flurry of agreements at Pedro Sánchez and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s first bilateral summit, as the Spanish leader seeks to build an alliance to counter US President Donald Trump.
“The relationship between Spain and Brazil goes far beyond the strictly bilateral,” Sánchez told reporters after signing 15 deals covering areas including critical minerals, telecommunications and artificial intelligence. “Peace and the values that sustain it are being attacked by a reactionary wave,” he said, adding that “while others open wounds, what we want is to close and heal them.”